Program
Atrial Fibrillation (Drug & Device)
Atrial Fibrillation (Drug & Device)
Rate vs Rhythm
Friday, 25 February 2011 (08:30 - 10:00) - N101B
Chairpersons: Yoshifusa Aizawa (Japan), Andy WK Chan (HK), Xi-Wen Deng (Macau),
Jiang-Zeng Dong (China), Muhammad Yamin (Indonesia)
- How do I control the rate in AF, and how do I measure success? (Gregory Lip, UK)
- Pharmacological treatment of acute atrial fibrillation (Hui-Nam Pak, Korea)
- AV Nodal ablation revisited (Win-Kuang Shen, USA)
- Rate versus rhythm control: how do I decide for my patient? (Chern-En Chiang, Taipei)
- Pharmacological treatment of permanent atrial fibrillation (Jun Zhu, China)
Atrial Fibrillation (Drug & Device)
The Role for Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in AF
Friday, 25 February 2011 (14:00 - 15:30) - N101B
Chairpersons: Edmund Ang (Philippines), Chun-Ho Cheng (HK), Cyrus R Kumana
(HK)
- How does dronedarone fit with current antiarrhythmic options? (Cherm-En Chiang, Taipei)
- Whether or not antiarrhythmic treatment is needed after atrial fibrillation ablation(Antonio Raviele, Italy)
- Is there a role for upstream therapy to prevent AF? (Yuji Nakazato, Japan)
- New strategies to restore sinus rhythm (Prash Sanders, Australia)
- New directions for antiarrhythmic drug development - (Chu-Pak Lau, HK)
Atrial Fibrillation (Drug & Device)
Options for Antithrombotic Therapy
Saturday, 26 February 2011 (14:00 - 15:30) - N101B
Chairpersons: Vanita Arora (India), Kwok-Keung Chan (HK), Jian Chen (Norway),
Patrick Ko (HK)
- Current options and data to support guidelines -(Panos Vardas, Greece)
- New antithrombotic therapy (Stuart Connolly, Canada)
- What will be the role for appendage occlusion or closure? (Gabriel Yip, Hong Kong)
- Home INR Monitoring - Jei-Fu Yang (China)
- New risk stratifiers for stroke prevention in AF: CHA2DS2-VASc etc (Gregory Lip, UK)
Atrial Fibrillation (Drug & Device)
Device in AF Management
Saturday, 26 February 2011 (16:00 - 17:30) - N101B
Chairpersons: Maria Belen Carisma (Philippines), Chi-Woon Kong (Taipei),
Chris Wong (HK)
- Pacing for AF (Luigi Padeletti, Italy)
- Atrial High Rate Episodes: pitfalls and applications (Carsten Israel, Germany)
- Implantable loop recorder for AF (Werner Jung, Germany)
- Role of selected-site pacing in atrial electro-physiology properties and development of atrial fibrillation (Wei Xu, China)
